In Layout mode you can group any combination of objects so you can edit or move…them together, or change the stacking order of objects to get different effects…when the objects overlap. You can even rotate or align things or resize them…accordingly. All of this happens when you are in Layout mode. If you go to View…> Layout Mode, take a look at some of the options that you have here in your…Layout bar. First of all on the Layout bar, you can see the Customer Detail…happens to be the active layout and if I click on this I can see all the…different layouts that are available to me.…I can get to the Layout Setup dialog and see the table that this is based off…of, and either revert or save any of the changes that I am working on. But if…you look over here, you will notice that we've got two buttons here, one that's…called the Arrange Palette and one that's called the Align Palette.…

If we take a look at the Arrange Palette first, you see that a palette pops up…on screen, and by the way you could drag this to the top of your screen and…

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1/5/2009

From organization comes efficiency, and with efficiency, creativity can flourish. To help users create more efficient workflows, Cris Ippolite introduces the new features and basic functions of FileMaker Pro 10. In FileMaker Pro 10 Essential Training, Cris explains why this desktop database application is used by everyone from Fortune 500 companies to individuals. He demonstrates how databases work, how to manage information and understand its relationships, and how to work with calculated fields. Cris also shows how to import and export information, share results, and build interesting and attractive reports. Exercise files accompany the course.

Topics include:

Touring the interface
Managing records and fields
Formatting information with layouts
Working with the Web Viewer function
Building reports using the new Dynamic Reporting feature
Learning the new Script Trigger function